Linlithgow - 9 months on

Small project to create a new garden for a newly-built house at the edge of Linlithgow. Nine months after completion plants are establishing well and the garden has settled in nicely.

Growth at Longniddry

9 months after planting herbaceous and grasses are establishing well in this North-facing garden. Trees and shrubs have leafed out well and climbers are starting to scramble up the stainless steel wiring grid attached to the East facing boundary wall.

Progression in Morningside

The path layout has commenced at this job and the Spring should see the start of structural planting. Good to see new construction rather then clearance work. Gales before Christmas saw the development of a dangerous split in the fork of an existing Ash tree on the boundary which required the swift intervention of a team of tree surgeons.

East Lothian garden

Planting completed in a garden in Longniddry, East Lothian. The garden attepts to reconcile a modernist, 'glass box' house with the links style golf course which adjoins the North boundary.

Small woodland garden

Dropped in to visit a client's small woodland garden which is establishing quite nicely although some gaps have appeared in perennial planting as a result of the recent dry weather. Hopefully this will regenerate now that Summer rain has reappeared. Within the garden is a small stumpery where ferns are establishing nicely:

Perthshire project complete

A garden party was held in this garden to celebrate the completion of the project. Hats off to the clients who carried out mst of the construction and planting work themselves with only limited assistance from contractors - personal satisfaction high!

Pitlochry project moves further forward

Despite the attentions of rabbits (finding their way past rabbit fencing) and deer the planting is establishing fairly well. The gardener on site is struggling to keep up with maintenance and new planting but, hopefully, by the middle of summer things will have settled down and compost mulch can be spread to help control weeds and improve the soil.